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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
80% 
Page quality
98% 
Page structure
43% 
Link structure
76% 
Server
89% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.43 s
File size
231.00 kB
Words
800
Media files
17
Number of links
34 internal / 42 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Home | DePaul University - Chicago, IL
The length of the page title is perfect. (349 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
The meta description is missing.
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
No canonical link is specified.
Language
(Somewhat important)
Language detected in text: en
Language defined in HTML: en
Server location: United States of America
The following language is defined by HTML: en
Alternate/Hreflang Links
(Somewhat important)
There are no alternate links specified on this page.
Other meta tags
(Somewhat important)
There is no rel next meta tag on this page.
There is no rel prev meta tag on this page.
Domain
(Somewhat important)
The domain is no subdomain.
The domain length is good.
The domain does not contain non-latin characters.
Page URL
(Somewhat important)
No parameters were found in the URL.
No session ID was found in the URL.
The URL does not have too many subdirectories.
Charset encoding
(Somewhat important)
The charset encoding (UTF-8) is set correctly.
Doctype
(Nice to have)
The doctype HTML 5 is set correctly.
The doctype is placed at first in the HTML code.
Favicon
(Nice to have)
The favicon is linked correctly.

Meta tags

NameValue
viewportwidth=device-width
custom:themedca-theme
MetatitleHome
titleHome
TitleAlphabetH
MetadescriptionDePaul University in Chicago seeks positive career outcomes for students. Our Layered-Learning™ approach goes beyond the classroom and teaches real world skills.
robotsall
authorDePaul
TemplateNameHomePage
google-site-verificationScVSncG8b-hCXN-8RB4y6A2UI0y6lR0U8N3_1nMI_RE
EyebrowTextHomepage
NormalizedLastNameEmpty
NormalizedLastNameAlphabetEmpty
og:sitenamedepaul
idE65C07202D36493A8E8E53B073FC50D2
CollegeEmpty
ContentTypeHomepage
TargetAudienceEmpty
ContentIntentEmpty
next-head-count28
langen
og:descriptionDePaul University in Chicago seeks positive career outcomes for students. Our Layered-Learning™ approach goes beyond the classroom and teaches real world skills.
og:titleHome
og:typewebpage
charsetutf-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
This page contains 800 words. That's ok.
32% of the text are stop words.
Keywords used in the page title are also used in the page content. That's good!
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
14 paragraphs were found on this page.
The text content is perfect.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
There are no duplicates on the site.
The average number of words per sentence of 16.68 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
A viewport "width=device-width" is provided.
At least one Apple touch icon is specified.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
The usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 16 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
2 images have no alt attribute. The content of alt attributes is used by search engines.
Social Networks
(Nice to have)
This page is optimized perfectly for social networks.
Additional markup
(Nice to have)
No additional page markup was found.
HTTPS
(Somewhat important)
This website uses HTTPS to protect privacy and integrity of the exchanged data.
All included files are also transferred via HTTPS.

Media list

URLAlt attributeTitle
.../depaul/shared/logo/logo-white.svg?iar=0logo
...content/1b07c33cd3aa415fb2ce5c2c08948b00Graduation​_Students_Wide​_canto_L0_about_09242025.png
...content/8bb5b36f716d46bd84d3217b62b644d4Students_candid_canto_L0_home_09232025.png
...content/4a31647551f846449277769712058c41Students_career_environmental_internal_L0_home_09232025.png
...content/5884df77a27e456ba708d10b85727fd6Students_campus_lifestyle_internal_L0_home_09232025.png
...content/9ee002e85f17478f9df0cfd40658da7eStudents_community_action_internal_L0_home_09232025.png
...content/09dee58175ff4973b67ea3575efb04bfLibrary_study_candid_adobe_L0_home_09232025.png
...content/7d4ee96d81524e968582ac00dd096c19Students_career_group_internal_L0_home_09232025.png
...content/aa6a2d6316054cbbb7086fd4b5e4ca35Graduation_students_group_internal_L0_home_09232025.png
...content/62bc9614073b4165a52fc210caa80b53Students_athletics_action_internal_L0_home_09232025.png
...content/665206d51f6f47fdb8e5f88dbdb6afaaStudents_Classroom_Canto_Candid_L0_Homepage_09242025.png
...content/bd305014bf314da3ae01169d46cd9134Campus_Buildings_Canto_L0_Homepage_09242025.png
...content/4838837dca8a42f6af879ffdfca8a1dbClassroom_Students_Professors_Canto_L0_Homepage_09242025.png
.../depaul_footer_logo.svg?h=50&iar=0&w=412DePaul
...paul/shared/icons/address_icon.svg?iar=0No alt attribute provided
...depaul/shared/icons/phone_icon.svg?iar=0No alt attribute provided
Video URLWidthHeight
...d9658815c409f972b0b9b37421bf1?v=fc3fab7dinheritinherit

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Home
The H1 heading contains the words Home! Use important keywords instead.
The H1 heading consists of only one word. There should be more information given.
The H1 heading is too short (4 characters). It should be at least 20 Characters long.
Headings
(Important)
The heading structure is perfect.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Home
H2 At DePaul, Education is Hands-on, Heart-first and Mission-led
H2 Our University Revolves Around You
H2 Lead with Head, Hands and Heart
H2 Invest in What Matters
H2 Information for
H2 Academic Resources
H2 Campus Resources
H2 University Resources
H3 DePaul University
H4 Join ourBlue Demon Family
H4 Find the answers you need.
H5 Take our questionnaire
H5 Discover DePaul’s Colleges and Schools
H5 Experience the DePaul Difference
H5 Hear About DePaul From Our Students
H5 Tuition and Fees
H5 Apply
H5 Visit
H6 Find a Major That
 Moves You
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
The number of internal links is ok.
None of the anchor texts is too long.
All internal links are not using dynamic parameters.
There are too many external links (42) on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.depaul.edu/Anchor Skip to main content
https://www.depaul.edu/IMG-ALT logo
/admission/request-informationRequest Info
https://www.depaul.edu/applyApply
/academics/undergraduate-majorsView Undergraduate Majors
/academics/graduate-programsView Graduate Programs
/academics/layered-learningExplore Layered-Learning™
/academics/programsProgram Finder
/academics/programsProgram Questionnaire
https://business.depaul.edu/External Subdomain Driehaus College of Business
https://communication.depaul.edu/External Subdomain College of Communication
https://cdm.depaul.edu/External Subdomain Jarvis College of Computing and Digital Media
https://education.depaul.edu/External Subdomain College of Education
https://law.depaul.edu/External Subdomain College of Law
https://las.depaul.edu/External Subdomain College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
https://csh.depaul.edu/External Subdomain College of Science and Health
https://music.depaul.edu/External Subdomain School of Music
https://theatre.depaul.edu/External Subdomain The Theatre School
https://scps.depaul.edu/External Subdomain School of Continuing and Professional Studies
https://resources.depaul.edu/c...New window External Subdomain View our Career Success Dashboard
/student-lifeDiscover Student Life
/academics/research-and-innova...Visit the Steans Center
/tuition-and-aidTuition and Aid
https://blogs.depaul.edu/deblo...External Subdomain Trivial anchor text
Read More
https://las.depaul.edu/about/a...External Subdomain Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read More
https://stories.depaulbluedemo...External Subdomain Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read More
https://www.depaul.edu/Request Information
/admission/undergraduate-admis...Visit
https://www.depaul.edu/applyText duplicate Apply
/tuition-and-aid/understand-co...Net Price Calculator
https://www.depaul.edu/applyonline application
https://connect.depaul.edu/por...External Subdomain explore campus
https://offices.depaul.edu/pub...New window External Subdomain go.depaul.edu/CleryASR
A-TITLE go.depaul.edu/CleryASR
https://www.depaul.edu/IMG-ALT DePaul
https://www.depaul.edu/DePaul University
https://maps.app.goo.gl/YMhJzc...New window External Subdomain 1 E. Jackson Blvd. Chicago, IL 60604
https://www.linkedin.com/schoo...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.tiktok.com/@depauluNew window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.instagram.com/depauluNew window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.facebook.com/DePau...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.youtube.com/c/@DeP...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.depaul.edu/studentsCurrent Students
/admission/undergraduate-admis...Visitors
/for-faculty-and-staffFaculty and Staff
https://www.alumni.depaul.edu/New window External Subdomain Alumni
https://parents.depaul.edu/s/1...External Subdomain Parents and Families
https://academics.depaul.edu/c...External Subdomain Academic Calendar
https://catalog.depaul.edu/External Subdomain Academic Catalog
https://resources.depaul.edu/s...External Subdomain Academic Success
https://offices.depaul.edu/inf...External Subdomain BlueM@il
https://campusconnect.depaul.edu/External Subdomain Campus Connect
https://library.depaul.edu/External Subdomain Library
https://offices.depaul.edu/dep...External Subdomain MyDePaul
https://offices.depaul.edu/pub...External Subdomain Security
https://depaul.bncollege.com/External Subdomain Bookstore
https://resources.depaul.edu/c...External Subdomain Campus Maps
https://events.depaul.edu/External Subdomain Events
https://ekze.fa.us2.oracleclou...External Subdomain Directory
/university-newsUniversity News
https://depaulbluedemons.com/External Athletics
/about/administrationLeadership and Administration
/employment-at-depaulEmployment at DePaul
/utilities/a-z-websitesA-Z List of Websites
https://offices.depaul.edu/inf...External Subdomain Anchor Help Desk
/admission/undergraduate-admis...New window Text duplicate Visit
https://www.depaul.edu/applyText duplicate Apply
https://giving.depaul.edu/s/19...External Subdomain Give
https://www.depaul.edu/disclaimerDisclaimer
https://www.depaul.edu/contact-usContact Us
https://emergencyplan.depaul.e...External Subdomain Emergency Plan
/consumer-infoConsumer Info
https://complaints.ibhe.org/New window External Subdomain IBHE Complaints
https://go.depaul.edu/privacyExternal Subdomain Privacy Statements
/about/accreditationAccreditation and Licensure
/utilities/accessibilityRequest Support for Website Accessibility
https://www.depaul.edu/copyright© 2001-2026 DePaul University

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
The checked page does not redirect to another URL.
HTTP header
(Important)
The X-powered header is sent within the response header. (unnecessary)
The web server transmits the web page (HTML) in compressed form.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The page response time of 0.43 seconds is longer than the recommended limit of 0.4 seconds. A high response time unnecessarily slows down search engine crawling and results in bad user experience as well.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (231 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
access-control-allow-headersX-CSRF-Token, X-Requested-With, Accept, Accept-Version, Content-Length, Content-MD5, Content-Type, Date, X-Api-Version
age4
cache-controlpublic, max-age=0, must-revalidate
content-encodingbr
content-typetext/html; charset=utf-8
dateMon, 06 Apr 2026 19:22:44 GMT
etagW/"g12xyp6iek52ea"
permissions-policycamera=(), microphone=(), geolocation=(), browsing-topics=()
referrer-policyorigin-when-cross-origin
serverVercel
set-cookie55 Characters
strict-transport-securitymax-age=63072000; includeSubDomains; preload
x-content-type-optionsnosniff
x-frame-optionsSAMEORIGIN
x-matched-path/en/_site_depaul
x-powered-byNext.js
x-sc-rewrite/_site_depaul/
x-vercel-cacheHIT
x-vercel-idfra1::iad1::wzwc8-1775657416988-983568e1eefc
statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/2

External factors

This page is referenced by wikipedia.
This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 735 referring domains.
This page has 9,042 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 604 different ip addresses.

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Allow: /
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